A fountain pen, to me, was something people used for actual calligraphy. I knew fountain pens were part of the whole Classic Man thing that Esquire is built on, but I tapped out at buying a nice suit.

Fountain pens are meant to last a long time, another reason some prefer them over disposable ballpoints. Fountain pens can be customized with different colors of ink and types of nibs.

The fountain pen has an 18-karat gold nib with an engraving of the Apollo 11 mission patch, and when viewed from the side, an opening in the pen's barrel reveals its filling mechanism and the ink ...

A fountain pen uses a nib in the place of a ball. The nib sits on top of a collector, which itself is connected to a feed. The feed takes ink from the pen’s reservoir and the collector ensures ...

This all changed for me when I got my first cheap fountain pen—I realized I could actually have fun with the physical act of writing. The first time you put a wet nib to the page, it feels like ...

Our writer tested tons of fountain pens to find these top models, sorted by price. Search. ... The E95s is also notable because it’s one of the most affordable ways to get a gold-nib fountain pen.

A good fountain pen is a piece of precision engineering and design that can serve you well for many years. But do you really need to part with hundreds of dollars to get one?

Let's get right to the point: You should not have to take out a second mortgage just to buy a fountain pen. So why does this one cost $100,000? Consider that its 18k white-gold nib is deployed by ...

T-shirts at the show read, “My fountain pen scoffs at your subpar writing instrument,” and “Don’t touch my nibs.” Companies had names such as Pendemonium and Penquisition.The DC Metro ...